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The Latest Breaking News from South Pacific

Time to ponder the what-ifs of our pandemic

What if we responded to the pandemic with a walled-off, South Pacific free-trade zone, poses Nicholas Agar.

Newsroom.co.nz

Peru declares environmental emergency on coastal area hit by oil spill

Lima (AFP) - Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific.

AFP

Peru declares 'environmental emergency' on coastal area hit by oil spill

Lima (AFP) - Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday as an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific keeps spreading.

AFP

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Elon Musk Offers Starlink Help To Tonga Amid Internet Crisis But Here's Why He Needs A 'Clear Confirmation'

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday offered to help South Pacific island nation Tonga restore the internet services on an emergency basis using the Starlink services but said he needs a "clear c

Benzinga

Tonga volcano eruption blast is felt 10,000 miles away in Stirling

A violent volcanic eruption in Tonga impacted on the atmospheric pressure almost 10,000 miles away in Stirling. Hunga Tonga is a submarine volcano that has been active in the South Pacific since 2009. The volcano erupted on Saturday, with numerous

Daily Record

Undersea cable fault could cut off Tonga from rest of the world for weeks

The South Pacific archipelago of Tonga could spend days, or even weeks, cut off from the rest of world because of difficulties in repairing its sole undersea communications cable, which an operator said was ruptured during a massive volcanic eruption.

Reuters

Tonga volcano damage glimpsed in satellite images

GENEVA/JAKARTA -- The United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT) on Monday released satellite images showing Saturday's eruption of an undersea volcano off Tonga in the South Pacific and the impact of tsunami caused by it.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Tonga tsunami: Devastated family confirm death of British woman swept away in disaster

Angela Glover, 50, was with her husband and dogs when the huge wave hit the South Pacific island Tonga on Saturday - her heartbroken family have now confirmed her death

Daily Mirror

Explainer-Scientists struggle to monitor Tonga volcano after massive eruption

Scientists are struggling to monitor an active volcano that erupted off the South Pacific island of Tonga at the weekend, after the explosion destroyed its sea-level crater and drowned its mass, obscuring it from satellites.

Reuters

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